A collection of photo’s of the feathered variety

A bit of a change on the content of this post from my recent ones, in that the nature subjects are of the feathered variety in place of macro shots of small insects. All taken at Blashford Lakes nature reserve with the Olympus EM5 DSLR and sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO DG lens.

First is the spotting and capturing of a adult Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) and it’s chick on the bank in front of the Tern Hide.

The adult

The chick

The adult and chick together.

There were a couple of other juvenile birds to be seen outside the Tern Hide.

A juvenile Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

and a juvenile Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba).

There was also wildfowl to be seen, a pair of Egyptian Geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) and a Garganey (Anas querquedula).

On the opposite side of the reserve I photographed another type of wagtail, the Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea), plus a more mature Black-headed Gull, and here you will easily see why it got this name.

There was also Greylag Goose (Anser anser), a Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), and a Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) to be seen. The Common Tern kindly landing on a branch right outside the Ivy South Hide.

Lastly further around the reserve, at the Lapwing Hide, there was this Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos).

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